By BankHouseDave (195.93.50.9) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 07:15 pm:

Way back, I used to have an EP on UK Tamla Motown of Stevie Wonder. I think it was culled from 'The Jazz Soul of...', which I never heard. It had four tracks - 'Hey Harmonica Man', an instrumental called 'Paulsby' by H Cosby and Clarence Paul, something else I don't remember and a studio recording of 'Fingertips'.

This was the first version of this number I heard. The lead was played on flute (by Hank?) and the other parts sounded like the Funks.

I wrote to Belinda Music (pre Carlin, pre Jobete) who then published Motown in the UK, and they sent me a rare photostat of the original handwritten chart. Like the EP, this is now lost (stolen).

Anyone know anything about this track and why it has never (to my knowledge) surfaced on any other album or CD. I - and others - thought it was brilliant. And. since it was on a Stevie record and there was no harp or vocals, it must have been a rare showcase of the boy Wonder on the drums...?

By dvdmike (65.208.234.61) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 06:59 am:

That was Stevie's first or second LP, released in September 1962. I forget which was first, "The Jazz Soul Of Little Stevie" or "Tribute To Uncle Ray". I don't have that info in front of me.

By BankHouseDave (195.93.50.9) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 12:55 pm:

Thanks, DVDMike. As usual there weren't any musician credits, but it's a mighty tight production and soaring improvisation on the flute. Would be good to know who it was. Would also be good to hear it again one day, after all these years.

By Ritchie (62.254.0.10) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 01:32 pm:

Paulsby [Clarence Paul, Henry Cosby]
- Little Stevie Wonder. Recorded July 62 - producer Clarence Paul
Issued July 63 on Tamla-T233 The jazz soul of Little Stevie Wonder